It may be extremely simple, but I'm actually rather proud of it. This is the first website I've created that really made me want to explore html/css more. And hey, I can only get better from here, right?

What do you guys think? I'm completely open to suggestions and improvements on this.

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Re: First "real" website

Coloring - I am not a fan. Black on red.. yawn.
The font, what is that? Papyrus? Not digging it if for anything spacing seems to be a problem.
The glow behind the RPJ - annoying. Remove it.

The inner glow of those boxes.. why?
The thin red line around the nav area - doesn't match the inner glow or the background glow of anything else.
If you have a 'logo' like the top right make that clickable to the home page. It's a typical convention.
Your nav bar - it should color the current tab differently when on it.. typical convention.
Interesting slide in effect on the nav between areas.

Over all not a fan. It lacks a cohesive look and even more basic - a feel. That might be due to the pseudo goth look but black on black is so not fun to look at. Minimalist design doesn't mean crap color on crap color, right? It is more a push to remove clutter.

Re: First "real" website

More gripes:
- Your tabs do not highlight when selected.
- I don't like the way your vertical wipe works - it feels pretty jerky, looks more like a glitch than an effect

I don't think the look is so bad, in an absolute sense. It does look a little gothy, but maybe that's what you want. To say something positive about it, you do a good job of separating figure from ground - my eye goes right to the text, and ignores the decoration, which is a good thing.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 19 September 2012 - 02:53 PM

I just participated yesterday in a 'Developer Day' wherein a a few reps from Microsoft came in to speak to us about Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Basic Studio, as well as multiple other sessions.

One thing mentioned was that HTML5, while usable, currently has not yet been standardized, which is why the browser support for it (and CSS3) is few and far between. It is estimated, at BEST, to be standardized and fully supported no earlier than 2016, with current numbers suggesting 2022.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 19 September 2012 - 06:26 PM

Thank you all for taking the time to check it out and give suggestions. I take all your opinions to heart.

Again, this was really my first site, and it's more for personal use than anything. Most likely won't even be keeping it up on the internet. I still feel pretty good about it (for personal use). However, I am going to go back to the drawing board and continue to develop my designing skills (obviously not a strong point for me =P).

And lunatic, I was not aware that HTML5 was still that far away from being standardized 0.o.

Thank you all again for the feedback =)

This post has been edited by Guitartripp: 19 September 2012 - 06:26 PM

Re: First "real" website

Posted 26 September 2012 - 10:11 PM

Guitartripp, on 20 September 2012 - 06:56 AM, said:

Thank you all for taking the time to check it out and give suggestions. I take all your opinions to heart.

Again, this was really my first site, and it's more for personal use than anything. Most likely won't even be keeping it up on the internet. I still feel pretty good about it (for personal use). However, I am going to go back to the drawing board and continue to develop my designing skills (obviously not a strong point for me =P).

And lunatic, I was not aware that HTML5 was still that far away from being standardized 0.o.

Thank you all again for the feedback =)

Well, if you are developing a website, I would certainly recommend ASP.NET as opposed to HTML. You will find out that ASP.NET is more easier than HTML as you have everything as a GUI so all you basically need to do is drag and drop the form elements and write minimal amount of code and before you know it, you have a website ready to go

Re: First "real" website

Posted 27 September 2012 - 05:54 AM

raghav.naganathan, on 26 September 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

Well, if you are developing a website, I would certainly recommend ASP.NET as opposed to HTML. You will find out that ASP.NET is more easier than HTML as you have everything as a GUI so all you basically need to do is drag and drop the form elements and write minimal amount of code and before you know it, you have a website ready to go

regards,
Raghav

Not to hijack the discussion, but would you mind linking to some good tutorials for ASP.NET raghav.naganathan? I've been freelancing with HTML/CSS for several years now, and professionally work in .NET with prime focus in VB.NET.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:05 AM

AnalyticLunatic, on 19 September 2012 - 10:53 PM, said:

One thing mentioned was that HTML5, while usable, currently has not yet been standardized, which is why the browser support for it (and CSS3) is few and far between. It is estimated, at BEST, to be standardized and fully supported no earlier than 2016, with current numbers suggesting 2022.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:25 AM

raghav.naganathan, on 27 September 2012 - 06:11 AM, said:

I would certainly recommend ASP.NET as opposed to HTML

?

They're not things that can be compared like this, ASP.NET is processed server side and simply emits HTML which is processed client side for display in the browser. They are 2 entirely different technologies targeting 2 entirely different things, whilst working together to form a single package.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:54 AM

Ryano121, on 27 September 2012 - 06:05 AM, said:

AnalyticLunatic, on 19 September 2012 - 10:53 PM, said:

One thing mentioned was that HTML5, while usable, currently has not yet been standardized, which is why the browser support for it (and CSS3) is few and far between. It is estimated, at BEST, to be standardized and fully supported no earlier than 2016, with current numbers suggesting 2022.

Re: First "real" website

Posted 27 September 2012 - 08:51 PM

AnalyticLunatic, on 27 September 2012 - 06:24 PM, said:

raghav.naganathan, on 26 September 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

Well, if you are developing a website, I would certainly recommend ASP.NET as opposed to HTML. You will find out that ASP.NET is more easier than HTML as you have everything as a GUI so all you basically need to do is drag and drop the form elements and write minimal amount of code and before you know it, you have a website ready to go

regards,
Raghav

Not to hijack the discussion, but would you mind linking to some good tutorials for ASP.NET raghav.naganathan? I've been freelancing with HTML/CSS for several years now, and professionally work in .NET with prime focus in VB.NET.